[amsat-bb] Re: Radio Pirates

That is legal ONLY if they have been type accepted by the FCC for those
services and at those prices I can almost guarantee they were not.
Joe WB9SBD
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On 1/14/2012 11:03 AM, Alan P. Biddle wrote:
> Bob,
>> Many of those same radios are being sold through legitimate/commercial
> dealers for FRS/GMRS rigs. For instance, the same Puxing I use for a
> WIDE1-1 digi was bought in large numbers in the Palm Springs area for backup
> coms between all the gated communities in case of an earthquake.
>> Alan
> WA4SCA
>>>> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
> Behalf Of Bob Bruninga
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 10:49 AM
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] Radio Pirates
>>> Went to local flea market today (34F degrees out) for a wwod stove and was
> shocked to see a guy selling brand-new boxes of VHF and UHF, and Dual band
> HT's fully programmable from 140 to 170 and 440 to 570 MHz 5 to 7 watts.
>> He had several brands and some were even dual band. Most boxes had chinese
> instructions.
>> Radios were between $65 to $80 each.
>> I guess I knew that these were available, but now that they are being sold
> in large quantities at general (non ham) flea markets, I guess the cat is
> out of the bag.
>> Bob, WB4APR
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